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Isaac Theatre Royal 26-28 May 2017 1 dge Ro rs AND odger n R s AND Hamme ei Hammerstein rst

Past1958 Oklahoma!Productions 1961 1964 1970 1974 1979 The Sound of Music 1983 The King and I 1983 Oklahoma!

2 By with ORiGiN ™ Theatrical On behalf of R&H Theatricals

SHOWBIZ CHRISTCHURCH PRESENTS An Eveni dge ng of Ro rs AND odger n R s AND Hamme ei Hammerstein rst lassics In Association C with NASDA

Music by Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 1958 Oklahoma! 1961 Carousel Orchestrations by 1964 South Pacific 1970 The Sound of Music 1974 The King and I 26-28 May 2017 1979 The Sound of Music Isaac Theatre Royal 1983 The King and I 1983 Oklahoma!

Musical Direction by Richard Marrett

3 Curly (Donald Jack) and Laurey (Hiria Moffat). Oklahoma! 1958, Showbiz’s first Rodgers & Hammerstein production. The

OF MayorCHRISTCHURCH

s patron of Showbiz Christchurch it gives me great pleasure to welcome you Ato the second production for the 2017 season, An Evening of Classics. Showbiz Christchurch have been entertaining the people of Christchurch with their productions for 79 years, yet this will be their first traditional concert in a major theatre in all that time. This concert will be one to enjoy on a grand scale, as befits such an esteemed . 120 singers and a 30 piece Broadway style orchestra, live on stage, filling the Isaac Theatre Royal with the classic tunes from the Golden Age of the Broadway musical. Rodgers and Hammerstein created some of the most beloved musicals of the last century, and it will be a pleasure to hear this wonderful music performed by Showbiz Christchurch and the students of NASDA. Lianne Dalziel Mayor of Christchurch

2 t is my very great pleasure to welcome you to An Evening of Rodgers and IHammerstein Classics. Ironically, in our 79 years of existence, we have not staged a production of this nature. We are very much looking forward to see how this plays out as The we look to stage more concerts in the future. With such a vast array of talent OF SHOWBIZPresident CHRISTCHURCH on stage (including the entire NASDA student body), this promises to be an As always, the on-going support exciting evening of music. of our numerous industry partners What better way to kick-start us than and business sponsors is vital and with the works of one of musical hugely appreciated, in particular our theatre’s greatest composing duos! For major funders the Christchurch City two decades, they produced a flurry of Council, Mainland Foundation, Rata musical works, five of which are ranked Foundation and Christchurch Music amongst the greatest of all time. Along Theatre Education Trust. the way, Hammerstein managed to find Most importantly, we would like to time to mentor the young man who was acknowledge the ongoing support to become America’s greatest musical from you, the theatre lovers of composer, . Rodgers Christchurch - our lifeblood. and Hammerstein also unwittingly composed the most famous song in the world of soccer (or should that be Markham Lee football?). President, Showbiz Christchurch

3 Billy Bigalow (Bevan Holdgate) and Jigger Craigin (Peter Simmonds). 4 NZ stage premiere of Carousel, 1961 Broads, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Bernstein & Sondheim and The Magical Music of Disney.

For the past year he has been collaborating with the well-known Broadway artist Liz Callaway on an exciting project which culminated in some recording sessions with her in Christchurch. Musical Director His numerous musical direction credits RICHARD MARRETT for theatre include: Mame, The King and I, Sweet Charity, Joseph and the Amazing Richard is well-known throughout Dreamcoat, Tell Me on a the country for his work as a musical Sunday, WestEnd to Broadway I, II, and III, director, vocal coach, pianist, arranger Les Misérables, , , and conductor. He recently completed , , , a Master of Arts in Music and has his Grease, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Licentiate from the Royal Schools of The Witches of Eastwick, Buddy, Spring Music. He works at Ara Institute of Awakening, , , , Jesus Christ Canterbury where he was appointed as Superstar, , Curtains, Avenue Manager – Performing Arts, and oversees Q, Miss Saigon, , Mamma Mia!, the degree programmes offered by , , The Phantom of the the National Academy of Singing and and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Dramatic Art (NASDA) and Ara Music Arts. He has been musical director with The He has conducted and arranged for Court Theatre for My Fair Lady, South Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Pacific, The Rocky Horror Show, The Sound of Showbiz Christchurch, Wellington Music, Jerry’s Girls, Oliver!, , Musical Theatre, ARTCO, Dunedin , La Cage aux Folles, I Love Operatic, Wellington Vector Orchestra, You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!, , Invercargill Musical Theatre and the , Side by Side by Sondheim, Choral Federation, and arranged for the End of the Rainbow, Grease, Blood Brothers, Christchurch City and Orpheus Choirs. Mary Poppins and Legally Blonde. Recently he completed the musical supervision, Richard’s work with the CSO has tracks and for the NZ included seasons of Starry Nights and Consortium touring productions of Classical Sparks and the popular concert Hairspray, The Phantom of the Opera, Evita, productions, Oh, Danny Boy, Broadway Sister Act and Mamma Mia! 5 SHOWBIZ CHRISTCHURCH n Eve PRESENTS A ning o dge f Ro rs AND Hammerstein ssics IN ASSOCIATION WITH NASDA Song List Cla The Carousel Waltz, Carousel...... Orchestra It’s a Grand Night For Singing, . . . . .Donna Alley & Michael Bayly I Have Dreamed, The King and I ...... Charlotte Taylor & Nick Hollamby , The King and I . . . .Celine Rosa Tan & Nigel Withington , The King and I ...... Chorus Hello Young Lovers, The King and I ...... Kira Josephson June Is Bustin’ Out All Over, Carousel ...... Greta Casey-Solly & Chorus , Carousel ...... Jack Fraser Mister Snow, Carousel ...... Jane Leonard You’ll Never Walk Alone, Carousel ...... Donna Alley & Chorus Soliloquy, Carousel ...... Michael Bayly

Jeremy Brow Dearna Doglione Rob Hallinan Maddie Bullock Jacqueline Doherty Erin Hammond Paul Burland Daniel Dove Kate Hanning Greta Casey-Solly Jason Eager Jack Hanrahan Philippa Chilvers Simon Ebbesson Liana Harris ChorusLuke Allis Alexia Clark Jenny-Marie Evans Sam Harris Elliw Alwen Ruby Clarke Hannah Falconer Helena Mitchell Anderson Liberty Clark-Higson Deirdre Fell Caitlin Heath-Anderson John Armstrong Emma Cole Chris Finnie Reylene Hilaga Brooke Askin Oliver Cook Jack Fraser Nick Hollamby Hannah Austin Chelsea Cope Amelia Fuller Nina Kopa Michael Bayly Oliver Coughlin Becky Gallacher Meredith Jackson Juliette Bernard Mark Darbyshire Finn Gestro-Best Kira Josephson Kineta Knight Booker Alistair Davies Nicole Gleeson-Jones Amy Juer Amy Bowie Ocean Denham Esmay Goodman Annabel Keys Shannon-Aimee Bradley Tatjana Dingle Laurel Rose Gregory Jess King

Richard Marrett: Conductor David Mueller-Cajar: Horn Elvira Dommisse: Flute Julian Weir: Horn The Matthew Lee: Flute Sarah Hickman: Trumpet Ashleigh Mowbray: Oboe Kevin Hickman: Trumpet Carolyn Irons: Clarinet David Wallace: Trombone Georgina Rees-Stevenson: Clarinet Aaron Chandler: Trombone Orchestra Julie Link: Bassoon Brooke Prendergast: Horn 6 Interval 20 MINUTES Rodgers and Hammerstein Interlude (Overture). . Orchestra , South Pacific . . . . . Jack Fraser A Wonderful Guy, South Pacific ...... Kira Josephson There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame, South Pacific . .Terry McCartan & Men’s Chorus , South Pacific ...... Nick Hollamby My Favorite Things, The Sound of Music . . .Greta Casey-Solly & Dearna Doglione Climb Ev’ry Mountain, The Sound of Music ...... Nigel Withington Do-Re-Mi, The Sound of Music...... Chorus The Sound of Music, The Sound of Music ...... Amy Bowie Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’, Oklahoma! ...... Jack Fraser Out of My Dreams, Oklahoma! ...... Jane Leonard & Chorus Surrey With the Fringe On Top, Oklahoma! ...... Blair McHugh People Will Say We’re In Love, Oklahoma! . . . Jane Leonard & Nick Hollamby Oklahoma!, Oklahoma! ...... Soloists & Chorus

Joe Kummer Cameron McHugh Jordi Rea Jamie Swarbrick Brendon Latimer Rebecca McIvor Sara Reedy Celine Rosa Tan Jane Leonard Jack Milner-George Emma Richards Charlotte Taylor Craig Lough Jared Morello Jessie Rickard-Green Stephen Taylor Tim Maguire Finn Moseley Sophie Ricketts Will Thomas Annie Manning Raoul Neave Bryanna Rooney Lorraine Turner Juliet Manning Rangimarie Nightingale Tabitha Rowe Liam Tyrrell Nicky Marshall Drew Noble Georgia Ryder Lucy Vanner Tara Martin Connie O’Callaghan James Shera Chris Walker Amanda Martin Georgia O’Connor-Harding Douglas Shields Rachel Walsh Sofie Martinsdotter Josh Pereira Daniel Shute Henry Warner Anna Matthews Isabella Pownall Claire Steel Nickie Wellbourn Thomas McCabe Danielle Rackham Jenny Stewart Erin Wells Terry McCartan Samantha Raines Emily-Jane Stockman Matilda Wickbom Jacqui McConnell Nicholas Ravlich Emily Sullivan Nigel Withington Blair McHugh

Craig Given: Percussion Julianne Song: Violin Vicki King: Percussion Emma Harwood-Matthews: Violin Sam Jury: Harp/Piano Pam Hooper: Violin Lucienne Shelley: Violin Kerrin Brizzell: Viola Jennie Goldstein: Violin Ian Bolton: Viola Carlo Ballara: Violin Iain Brandram-Adams: Cello Taylor Lin: Cello Gerald Oliver: Bass 7 that included , , I’d Rather Be Right, , , , Higher And Higher, and . In 1943 the partnership disbanded temporarily when Rodgers collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein II on Oklahoma!, but it resumed with a revision of their 1927 hit A Connecticut Yankee, which opened on November 17, 1943 - less than a week before ’s death. For the next two decades Richard RichardRodgers Rodgers collaborated exclusively with COMPOSER Oscar Hammerstein II on such musicals Richard Rodgers’ career spanned more as Carousel, , South Pacific, The than six decades, his hits ranging from King and I, and The Sound of the silver screens of to the Music. Collectively, their musicals have bright lights of Broadway, London and garnered dozens of awards including: beyond. He was the recipient of countless Pulitzer Prizes; Tonys, Oscars, Emmys, awards, including Pulitzers, Tonys, Oscars, and Grammys; and Drama Desk, Drama Grammys and Emmys. He wrote more Critics’ Circle, Outer Critics’ Circle, than 900 published songs and forty Laurence Olivier, and Evening Standard Broadway musicals. Awards. Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and Lorenz After Hammerstein’s death in 1960 Hart (1895-1943) wrote their first shows Rodgers continued to write for the together when both were still students musical stage, including , and attending Columbia University. Their collaborations with , breakthrough came with the score for a Stephen Sondheim and . 1925 charity show, The Garrick Gaieties, His fortieth, and final, Broadway musical, which introduced the classic valentine to , opened on Broadway their hometown, “Manhattan.” less than eight months before his death in December 1979. Over the next five years they wrote 15 musical comedies for Broadway and London’s West End before relocating to Hollywood in 1930, where they contributed songs and wrote the scores for several movie musicals, most notably Love Me Tonight starring Maurice Chevalier. In 1935 they returned to New York to write the score for ’s circus musical , launching a golden era 810 In 1919 Hammerstein’s first play, The Light, was produced by his Uncle; it lasted four performances. Undaunted, he continued to write both lyrics and librettos. His first success, with Harbach, and Herbert Stothart, was in 1923. Hammerstein found his niche with some of the greatest composers of his day, breathing new life into the moribund artform of operetta with such classics as Rose-Marie, The Desert Son, The New OscarHammerstein Moon, and . With Jerome LYRICIST Kern, Hammerstein wrote eight musicals, including Sweet Adeline, Music in the Air Oscar Hammerstein II was born in 1895 and their masterwork, . His last in New York City. His father was a theatre musical before embarking on an exclusive manager and for many years director of partnership with Richard Rodgers was Hammerstein’s Victoria, the most popular , the highly-acclaimed 1943 vaudeville theatre of its day. His uncle all-black revision of Georges Bizet’s tragic was a successful Broadway producer opera Carmen. and his grandfather a famous opera impresario. During the years that Hammerstein was redefining the terms of operetta, Hammerstein started writing lyrics for Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart were the Columbia University Varsity shows challenging the accepted norms of while studying law. His earliest works musical comedy with shows that set new included musical comedies written standards for , sophistication and with a Columbia undergraduate seven innovation. The Rodgers & Hammerstein years his junior named Richard Rodgers. partnership began with Oklahoma! (1943), Withdrawing from Columbia Law School a ground-breaking milestone, blending after his second year to pursue a career in musical comedy and operetta into a theatre, Hammerstein took a job with his whole new genre - the musical play. uncle as an assistant stage manager. Oklahoma! was followed by Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, , Pipe Dream, , and The Sound of Music. Rodgers & Hammerstein wrote one musical specifically for the big screen - State Fair - and one for television - Cinderella. His last musical was The Sound of Music written with Richard Rodgers in 1959; his last song was “Edelweiss,” written for that musical during its Boston tryout. Oscar Hammerstein II died in 1960. Source: Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization rnh.com 119 Oklahoma! 1983 Ado Annie (Susan McKendry), Andrew Carnes (Gilbert Wiberg) and Ali Hakim (Charles Jones). The GOLDEN AGE offstage with the opening lines of “Oh of Musical What a Beautiful Mornin.” This was, of course, the opening of Oklahoma!, Theatre Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first major musical. What followed on from that reflective opening was a masterpiece he Golden Age of Broadway was of theatre that integrated beautiful Tushered in on 31st March 1943, with the sweeping music with a bittersweet Broadway opening of a new musical. libretto and thought provoking plot, This was the beginning of a revolution, where every aspect of dance, music or the first work written as a collaboration lyric was crafted to advance the drama. by Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Oklahoma! was an enormous success Hammerstein II (lyrics), who were about and went on to an unprecedented run to rework the nature of musical theatre of 2212 performances over six years. It as an art form. Like many revolutions, it also marked the beginning of what has began quietly, and with an understated been called the greatest musical theatre beauty. writing partnership of the 20th century. The curtain rose at the St James Theatre Among the many accolades their shows to the lone figure of Ole Aunt Eller, (and film versions) garnered were 34 Tony pumping away at the butter churn, while Awards, 15 , the Pulitzer a rich baritone voice began distantly Prize and two Grammy Awards.

The King & I, 1974 Anna (Marybelle Chant) & The King (James Moyninhan).

1983 10 The King & I, The King (Lewis Brown). The Sound of Music, 1970 The Sound of Music, 1979 Nuns (Irene McDonald, June Robinson, von Trapp Children and Beatrice Suckling, Diane Johnston) Maria (Lynda Spiers). and Maria (Diana Parsons). Five of their Broadway shows: Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, opening in 1959, was the Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I and final work of the partnership of Rodgers and The Sound of Music, were outstanding Hammerstein, due to the death of Oscar successes, as was the television Hammerstein the following year. The film, broadcast of Cinderella. Their shows made in 1965 went on to win five Oscars are remembered now as fondly for and became one of the most successful their glorious technicolor film versions, movie adaptions of a Broadway musical of including State Fair which was the only all time. work that was scored originally as a film, Their legacy continues to this day, with winning them an Oscar. much of their music being a staple of many While Rodgers and Hammerstein’s work people’s musical upbringing. Adaptions contains cheerful and often uplifting of their songs have been performed by songs, they departed from the comic and thousands of artists and, even now, the sentimental tone of early 20th century sound of 100,000 Liverpool supporters musicals by seriously addressing issues filling a stadium with the strains of “You’ll such as racism, sexism and classism Never Walk Alone” speaks of the power of in many of their works, and creating a their music. musical, lyrical and dramatic structure that weaves these themes into the fabric Show images are from past of the show. Showbiz Christchurch productions.

South Pacific, 1964

11 ProductionTeam Producer: Showbiz Christchurch Lighting Operator: Darren McKane Musical Director/Conductor: Follow Spot Operator: Erin Thorne Richard Marrett Sound Design and Operation: Glen Ruske, Stage Manager: Stephen Robertson BounceNZ Repetiteur: Sam Jury Programme Design: Wendy Riley Production Manager: Johnny Morris Assisted by: Michael Bayly Assistant Stage Managers: Front of House Manager: Sandi White Gavin Bailey and Lydia Foate Assisted By: Sue Eade, Tania McHugh, Head Mechanist: David Bosworth, Rhonda McLeod and Sally Wilson The Light Site Showbiz Christchurch Management Team: Fly Crew: Fiona Bennetts General Manager: Michael Bayly Wardrobe Manager: Diane Brodie QSM Production Manager: Johnny Morris Lighting Design: Grant Robertson, Marketing Manager: Wendy Riley The Light Site Administrator: Sandi White

14 Oklahoma! 1983 Curly (Stephen Thank you Brinkhurst) and Laurey (Dianne We offer heartfelt thanks to: Honeybone). The staff and students of NASDA at Ara Institute of Canterbury, Christchurch City Council, Rata Foundation, Mainland Foundation, CMTET, Origin Theatrical, Mediaworks, Metropol, Star Media, The Press, The Court Theatre, C.S.O, Ticketek, Abell Rentals, Ricoh, Blueprint Media, BounceNZ, The Light Site, the staff and management of the Isaac Theatre Royal, and the Novotel Hotel. Christchurch Operatic Inc

Officers of Christchurch Operatic Inc, 2017 Christchurch Music Theatre Board of Showbiz Christchurch: Markham Lee Education Trust (President), Sarah Greenwood-Buchanan (Vice President), Diane Brodie QSM, Phillip Blacktopp, Chair: Sue Beardsley Violet Blay, Nickie Wellbourn and Peter Simmonds Sarah Roberts. Marlene Le Cren Honorary Vice-Presidents: Fiona Buckley, Zylpha Harrison Anne-Marie Gilmore, Alan Collins, Allison Collins, Markham Lee Jan Cosgrove, Mary Kirby, Liann Scott, Vicki Morris-Williamson and Brian Brodie. Honorary Solicitor: Hamish Taylor Honorary Auditor: Bevan Smith Honorary Historian: Zylpha Harrison 369 St Asaph Street Life Members: Mae Arnold, Sue Beardsley, P O Box 2185 Diane Brodie QSM, Zylpha Harrison, Markham Lee, Christchurch 8140 Robert J Naysmith, Peter Simmonds, Tel: 64 3 377 7954 Bramwell Sutton, Gail Deavoll, Marlene Le Cren, Fax: 64 3 377 5491 Jill Simmonds, Rita Tie, Julie Collender and www.showbiz.org.nz Ruth Aitken. 1513 SHOWBIZ CHRISTCHURCH PRESENTS

A Divine Musical Comedy

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